EASY FITNESS Archive

You want to select certain types of exercise that give you the best results when you’re micro-fasting. Some are better than others, and we discuss a couple of the really important ones that you should include in your workout regimen in these sections. …

Every night while you sleep you enter into a fast, but as soon as you wake up and eat breakfast, you turn off that fast, and, in turn, miss out on all the wonderful benefits to be had from fasting through the morning …

Before you start the 5:2 Diet or any other fast, make sure you talk to your physician or health professional about fasting, its benefits and drawbacks, and the status of your health. If after doing so, you decide to follow the 5:2 Diet, …

Fasting should be a part of an overall healthy lifestyle, so when it comes to your non fasting days, don’t think of them as a free for all. At the same time, because you’re fasting, you don’t need to feel restricted in your …

You’ve just finished a 24-hour fast. You’re hungry. You’re ready to eat. And you’re proud of yourself for successfully abstaining from any food or drink with calories for the past day. Maybe you want to give yourself a pat on the back for …

Intermittent fasting or dieting sporadically simply means you take a break from eating one to two times per week (meaning a full 24- to 32-hour fast), while the rest of the time you follow some basic eating guidelines that you probably already know but unfortunately …

Sometimes life gets in the way. If for some reason you have to stop your fast, we hope you think through the decision before doing so. If you have no other course of action, when you do end a fast, keep these pointers …

In order to install a successful mindset before you begin any dietary or lifestyle change, you need to set realistic expectations for yourself to ensure both motivation and adherence. If you enter into fasting with unrealistic or downright delusional expectations, and you end …

Mindset is everything and everything is mindset. That is, with the proper mindset, in other words, your mental attitude and how you view changing your lifestyle and diet, even the worst diet, can produce impressive results. But without the proper mindset, even the …

Another way to keep an eye on your progress is to find out your body mass index (BMI). You calculate your BMI by looking at your height-to-weight ratio. Your BMI won’t tell you your fat to lean mass ratio or how much body …